Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 18:08:22 -0300 From: Alexandre Florio <alexandre@cipher.com.br> To: Trevin Chow <trevin@mail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Messed up bash configuration? Message-ID: <20010223180822.2d29acb6.alexandre@cipher.com.br> In-Reply-To: <5.0.2.1.2.20010223120111.02b32fe8@mail.brightmail.com> References: <5.0.2.1.2.20010223120111.02b32fe8@mail.brightmail.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Fri, 23 Feb 2001 12:02:55 -0800 Trevin Chow <trevin@mail.com> wrote: > I was reading a HowTo on bash and I'm getting a weird problem when I try to > su to another user. I'm not sure if its related to my chanages or > not. When i try to su to another user, it doesn't prompt me for a password > and I get this: > > -=(root@benny)(504/ttyp0)(12:03P:02/23/01)=- > @(/home/tmchow)--# su tonyt > su-2.04$ ls > ls: .: Permission denied > > Any ideas what's going on? I'm able to login as these users directly with > no problems When you are root you don't need to supply a password to substitute your identity with another user (man su). The 'permission denied' that appears when you issue an 'ls' command, is because the path that you were before the 'su' command be executed is not readable by the 'tonyt' user. -- Alexandre Florio To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20010223180822.2d29acb6.alexandre>